THE COLD HARD TRUTH ABOUT FARMING, FOOD, AND WHY AGRICULTURE IS FALLING APART

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Apr 11
4 min read

Farming used to be about working with the land, not against it. Today? It’s a corporate-controlled disaster built on greed, government bailouts, and short-term thinking that’s killing our soil, food, and future. The truth is ugly, but it needs to be said—because if people don’t wake up, we’ll be left with nothing but dead land and fake food.

HOW MONSANTO & BIG AG DESTROYED FARMING

In 1995, Monsanto patented genetically modified (GMO) seeds, and that was the beginning of corporate ownership over farming.

Farmers lost their right to save seeds. They were forced into contracts that made them buy new seeds every year.
If they planted their own saved seeds, Monsanto sued them into bankruptcy.
GMO crops are designed to survive chemicals, not to feed people. They grow fast, but they’re nutritionally dead.

Big Ag has turned farming into a rigged system where the only winners are the corporations selling the seeds, the chemicals, and the bailouts. And what fuels this broken system? Toxic farming practices.

ROUNDUP, SYNTHETIC FERTILIZER, AND POISONED FOOD

Monsanto (now Bayer) isn’t just controlling seeds. They control the chemicals that kill people, too. Roundup (glyphosate) is sprayed all over crops, and shocker—it’s linked to cancer and autoimmune diseases.

And then there’s synthetic fertilizer—the steroids of modern farming.

It burns up the soil, forcing crops to grow on chemical life support.
It creates weak, low-protein, filler grains—food that looks good but has no real nutrients.
It turns soil into an addict, dependent on more chemicals every year to stay productive.

Farmers and Ranchers wonder why their cattle are getting sick? It’s because they’re feeding them hot, chemically treated forage that wrecks their guts. High-nitrate feed leads to bloating, toxicity, and digestive failure.

Nature never needed synthetic garbage to grow food—corporations did.

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THE RANCHING INDUSTRY IS BROKEN BEYOND RECOGNITION

The livestock industry is just as corrupt as farming. The meat you eat today isn’t the same as it was 50 years ago. Here’s why:

Feedlots ruined beef quality. It’s all about fattening cattle fast, not raising healthy animals.
Overbreeding for size, not durability. Modern cattle are weaker, sicker, and don’t last.
Meatpacking corporations control the entire market. Ranchers get paid scraps while middlemen take all the profits.
Corn-heavy diets are destroying cattle health. Cows aren’t meant to eat grain—they’re meant to eat grass. Period.

Meanwhile, the government keeps handing out subsidies to support this broken system—making sure the worst practices keep going, while the best farmers and ranchers get squeezed out.

GOVERNMENT BAILOUTS ARE REWARDING BAD FARMERS

Here’s the cold hard truth: If you’re planting corn in Western South Dakota, you shouldn’t be farming.

This region is wheat, barley, Oats, and alfalfa country.
Corn, soybeans, and sunflowers don’t belong here.
Farmers know it won’t grow properly, but they do it anyway—because they’ll get bailed out.

The crop insurance system is welfare for dumb farming. Instead of rewarding farmers for using land-appropriate crops, the government props up bad decision-making and lets corporate farms bleed the system dry.

And let’s talk about irrigation abuse. Farmers are sucking aquifers dry to force crops that don’t belong. The water supply isn’t infinite, but Big Ag treats it like it is. When the wells run dry, what’s the backup plan? There isn’t one.

THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM: ENERGY IS EVERYTHING

The real issue isn’t just bad farming—it’s disconnection from nature. Everything on Earth, from plants to animals to humans, runs on energy—and the second we disrupt that balance, we start to die off.

If the soil loses energy, crops lose nutrients.
If food has no nutrients, people and animals get sick.
If the body doesn’t get what it needs, the immune system collapses.
If energy is depleted, life shuts down.

We’ve replaced real energy (nutrient-dense food, clean soil, natural cycles) with fake energy (synthetic fertilizer, GMO crops, processed garbage). The result? A system that’s collapsing in front of our eyes.

The Native American Medicine Wheel Had It Right

The medicine wheel teaches that balance is the key to everything. Physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual—if one side is off, the whole system suffers.

Modern agriculture ignores balance entirely. It’s about forcing growth, not nurturing it. And that’s why everything is falling apart.

WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO FIX THIS MESS

Ban GMO patents. Farmers should own their seeds, not corporations.
Bring back traditional farming. Summer fallowing, crop rotation, and soil rebuilding.
End subsidies for poor farming. Stop rewarding failure—support sustainability instead.
Regulate irrigation in water-scarce areas. No more draining resources for short-term profit.
Prioritize real nutrition over fake yield. Food needs to feed people, not just fill grocery store shelves.

And most importantly? People need to wake the hell up.

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FINAL THOUGHTS: THE UGLY TRUTH PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO HEAR

The modern food system is broken because it’s designed to be. Big Ag profits off disease, dependence, and ignorance. The same corporations selling garbage food are the ones selling the drugs to “treat” the health problems it causes.

The answer isn’t more technology, more chemicals, or more government handouts. The answer is going back to what actually works.

Because here’s the real truth:

We don’t need to reinvent farming and ranching. We just need to stop screwing it up.

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